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The Methods of Torture by SLORC sol



Subject: The Methods of Torture by SLORC soldiers in Burma.



Twenty-one Methods of Torture in Burma (1995).
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by Burma Army Dictatorship, SLORC (State Law and Order Restoration Council).
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1.	HIV-positive Burmese soldiers told they are going to die either 
	from a bullet or from AIDS. They are told to rape as many ethnic 
	minorty (Karen) women as possible in order to infect them.

2.	Rape women, insert beer bottle in vagina, smash bottle with rifle 
	butt.

3.	Cutt off penis, put it in victim's mouth.

4.	Tie string very tightly around testicle, pull testicle off.

5.	Cut open abdomen, pull out intestines.

6.	Thrust victim's head in sack of stinging chilli peppers, tied 
	sack securely around neck, leave victim in boiling hot sun.

7.	Victim's placed in barrel which is filled with water; victim drowns.

8.	Victim's face covered with cloth; water poured on cloth until 
	victim dies.

9.	Boiling water poured down a funnel placed in victim's mouth.

10.	Women burned by boiling water; their scalded bodies are immersed 
	in a stinging mixture of lime, chilli peppers and salt.

11.	Women holding their babies are forced to stand in mud under hot 
	sun for days.

12.	Victim forced into barrel of water up to neck for five days and 
	forced to drink water he has fouled during this time.

13.	Insert rifle shell cases between victim's fingers and squeeze hand.

14.	Pull out teeth, pull out fingernails.

15.	Rub victim's shin with stick until skin come off.

16.	Hoisted upside down with feet tied, victim is beaten.

17.	Hands tied in front, bar inserted across victim's back through 
	crook of elbows, victim is hung up.

18.	Cell designed for four is jammed with 20 prisoners; to terrify 
	them, a leprosy patient is thrust into the same cell in the prisons 
	in Burma.

19.	Crowed cell contains a half barrel for feces and three jars for 
	urine; all prisoners in cell are punished if urine is mixed with 
	feces in the prisons in Burma.

2o.	Villagers are forced to lie down surrounding Burmese bunker while 
	their elders and clergy are tied on top of the bunker.

21.	Villagers are forced to stand up as Burmese soldiers lie down 
	behing them and shoot from between the legs of the human shield.

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